Spring and Autumn I Am King

PS: This is the first today, two more tomorrow.

"Although the military soldiers are good at field battles, there are many people in Qi, but I am few. One thousand soldiers plus three thousand soldiers from Yi and Ting may not be able to resist even half of Qi's army. No matter how strong the army is, it will face the sea-like crowd of people. It will also be smashed to pieces. Besides, Linqiu was originally the city of Qi. If the field battle is not good, the city will easily change. Therefore, if the Qi people are driving down the city, only by defending the city can they defend against several times the enemy."

In response to the possible attack from Qi State, Zhao Wuxi, with limited strength, decided to focus on defense, but how to defend, there are many tricks to play. The strategy of defending the city can't just be said with words, but also has specific details. Zhao Wuxi has only experienced this kind of thing in the small fights in his hometown the year before, but fortunately, the army has its own experts.

Huhui was a senior retainer of the Zhao clan. He had defended against the siege of the Rong and Di in Xiaoyi in Jinyang, and had also fought the battle of Balinqiu in Wei, so he was quite experienced. For this reason, in mid-July, he received a notice in Yuncheng to switch defenses with Ran Qiu, and made a special trip to Linqiu to participate in the public discussion, responsible for planning the details.

The Tiger Society is the old **** of the Zhao clan, but he is not afraid of Qiren's power of Mount Tai, but the first suggestion he gives is not how to defend the city.

He said: "I want the minister to say that fighting is the same as Liubo, but the Marquis of Qi is a gambler, but he chose to fight during the autumn harvest season. , Food soldiers, food enough, this is the eternal truth. Si Kou has to think about how to store food before the war. Sometimes defending the city will last for several months and a half years, and 60,000 horses will be fed, clothed and chewed. small amount."

This wakes up Zhao Wuxi, "Shangshu" also said that the way to govern a country, one is food, and the other is goods. The first thing to defend the city is to save a lot of millet, preferably to the level of "three years of millet support", and at the same time suppress the soaring food prices in the private sector to calm people's hearts. The length of the battle of defending the city depends to a large extent on how much food the defender has, and at the same time only the Song people have the stubborn character. Only then can we persevere until Yizi does not surrender.

As for the siege of Jinyang, which will be hanging in the pot in a few decades, Zhao Wuxi does not intend to let that happen.

"Of course, now that the spring wheat and corn in Sanyi are gradually maturing, even a hundred thousand troops can't delay it. It's just that the pavilions and li organize pavilions to harvest the grain and transport it into the warehouse, how about it?"

Huhui smiled and said: "Good, after the autumn harvest, half of the pavilion soldiers will be transferred to the suburbs for training, so that there is no delay in farming and military affairs. This is a wonderful method. The pavilion chief and the thief will lead the rest and the local clan. Cooperate to maintain law and order. As for the townspeople who are not engaged in farming, they will first serve as laborers, and are responsible for repairing and strengthening the walls, and the construction of gate towers, guard posts, wells, etc. must be accelerated.”

Wu Xie added: "There are also toilets, let the craftsmen build them according to the public toilets in the city, so that every lilu in the city has them, the sewage must be reasonable, and do not contaminate the water source! Anyone with symptoms should be sent to the doctor. Guan Zibao is isolated and managed."

There are many similar battles in history, and the city walls have not been breached by then. However, the city was overwhelmed by the breeding epidemic, and Zhao Wuxi's reputation for "guiding" the genius doctor Bian Que became a big joke.

The Tiger Association praised the goodness and continued: "The method of defending the city is to tear down all the houses and lintels outside the city where arrows can reach, so as not to be used by the enemy as a fortification. All firewood and trees within ten miles will be cut down for transportation. Enter the city. In the city, wherever arrows may be shot in the city, all the roofs must be covered with a layer of mud to prevent fire. There is still a month left, and everyone will see the bandit for a long time. The officials inspect the post every day and inspect the city defense of Hegou.”

"In addition, all the clans must provide some of the food and salaries required for the war. All craftsmen with craftsmanship must use their strengths to build defense equipment. It is also necessary to strengthen the inspection of passers-by in pavilions to prevent all spies from infiltrating. Ride from scouts to disperse territory, blocking and monitoring the back roads where the enemy might pass."

These things, Wu Xie does not have to do it personally, it can be handed over to the city doctors and city guards to organize. with these preparations. He is more confident.

"There is a saying that the upper armies attack the plot, then the Jiaojiao, the second armies, and the lower ones attack the city. It's better if the Qi people don't attack Xibia. If they dare to come, they will be guaranteed to let them dry up under the city. Even if they don't want to go, the rain and snow in winter will drive them away!"

"The upper armies attack the plot, the second is to attack the Jiao, the second is to attack the soldiers, and the lower is to attack the city?"

After everyone heard the words, they were stunned for a while, and the Tiger Council praised the wonderful words after a while.

"Si Kou's remarks sum it up very well. Indeed, compared to strategy and diplomacy, as well as the field battles that military soldiers are best at, siege is indeed the most inferior and most hurtful way of warfare. I have been in the military for many years, and I have seen and heard this."

"This is not what I said, but a sentence of Sun Wuzi. I heard Wu people talk about it in Taoqiu before..." Wu Xie stuck out his tongue secretly, thinking that this sentence that everyone knows about Sun Tzu's art of war is still true. Didn't it spread?

This is only the worst case of Qiren's troops approaching the city. In addition, he and Zhang Mengtan also prepared three strategies: plotting, cutting the cross, and cutting the army. In the planning, there is more than a month to slowly implement...

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In addition to preparing for the long-term defense of the city internally, Zhao Wuxi also sent people to go to Xinjiang in Jin to deliver letters all night, to inform Zhao Yang of the incident, and to let his father prepare a countermeasure. Policy.

Qi State attacked again. The short-term goal was to retake Wei State and punish Lu State, but the ultimate goal was to compete with Jin State for hegemony. No matter how serious the infighting was, Liu Qing had to hold his nose and work together in the face of foreign pirates, so he could react a little bit.

However, Zhao Wushi observed the internal situation of Jin and felt that the scene of the Central Army and the Shang Army going to Pu Shang like last year might not be able to be repeated. He also didn't want the main force of the Zhao clan to be transferred out of the country, but if the Qi people attacked, Zhao Yang would use a small number of soldiers from Wen County to march eastward to deter Weiguo, so that they could not harass Zhenyi from the west.

At the same time, you can also remotely control the Handan, and try how they react.

"Just having this strategy is not enough. When the news reaches Jin, the six ministers of Jin will discuss and make a decision to assemble the army. Maybe it will be the end of September. In the one-month time difference between Qi and Jin's dispatch of troops, where is the Qi division pointing? , there is a huge pressure to bear. Although Sanyi has made adequate preparations, if a military disaster occurs, the people will be killed and injured, the fields will be abandoned, and the business, travel and industry will wither. main battlefield."

Zhang Mengtan was still the same, cautious and cautious. After coming up with a plan, he continued to ponder another. This is the "cutting" strategy.

Wu Xie has spent the past few days looking at the map, and now he can recite the topography of Lu and the situation of cities and towns with his eyes closed.

"The main direction of the Qi people's attack is nothing more than the west and the north. In the north, Yuyi and Guancheng are now in charge of Gonglianyang. The Yangguan area is guarded by Zilu, so I will leave it to Sanhuan to worry about it. On the Xibi side, based on what I know about Sanhuan, I'm afraid I can't count on them. I can only rely on myself. But to the north are Qinyi, Fanyi, Yiyi, Xuju. There are also high places between Luqiu and Yuncheng. Fish, and even Central Capital south of Wenshui River, are not my territory..."

Zhang Mengtan nodded and said: "Qinyi is in the north of Zhen, Fanyi is in the north of Liqiu, and Ji and Xuju are in the north of Yuncheng. If the Qi people come, it will not be us who will be the first to bear the impact, but the above will be the first. If the towns cannot coordinate well, they will surrender to the enemy, and they will become a burden to the pirates."

Without a shirt, he was confident: "In the past six months, the carts after carts of gifts that made Mr. Ji feel distressed are not for nothing. The news to the doctors in Xibia has already passed, and Meng Tan is optimistic about it. On the day, they will panic and choose their way, and they will come to me for help one after another!"

Zhang Meng said: "In Lucheng, Si Kou also has to lower his stance and pretend to ask the monarch and Sanhuan for help..."

Wu Xie nodded: "I know, no matter what, the attitude of respecting the monarch must be sufficient. We must first let Sanhuan be unkind, and then we have a reason to be unjust!"

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At the end of July, different from the methodical approach of Zhao Wuxi's forces, he began to assemble the villagers in Qi. After the news of the desire to see the troops in the state of Lu reached the city of Lu, the court inside and outside the Qufu Palace was extremely flustered.

In the end, it was the words of the little Zongbo Confucius that calmed the Marquis of Lu and Sanhuan.

"Your Majesty! When Duke Huan of Qi was so powerful, the division of Qi was so powerful that he was repelled by the Lu people at Changshao. In the past, the filth between the state of Lu and the state of Qi was the fault of Yanghu, but now the people of Qi have listened to the words of the traitor and attacked him. As a teacher who is not benevolent and injustice, he will definitely lose. Although the state of Lu is small, it has tens of thousands of halberds. Although it is the state of Zhou Li and Dun Dun, it should not be humiliated. I also ask the emperor to order all the ministers and officials to guard their borders and gather the two armies on the left and right. Stand by for the northern border and the western border respectively, and the people of Qi will be able to control them."

According to the old rules of Zongzhou, it is "the six armies of the emperor, the three armies of a great country, the second army of China, and the first army of a small country". Lu Ben was the second army. In the eleventh year of Duke Xiang, the state of Lu, which claimed to be "the country of Duke Zhou and the leader of the surname Ji", probably felt that he had a higher international status, and met with the dynasties of the surrounding small countries such as Teng, Xue, Tan, and Qi. When his head became hot, he "made the three armies", and Ji Wuzi, Shusun Mushu, and Meng Xianzi each led the expedition of one army.

However, after the meeting of the soldiers, Lu faced the Jin and Chu sides and forced tribute at the same time, and gradually couldn't bear the army. In the five years of Lu Zhaogong, Sanhuan decided to "leave the middle army" and return to the second army establishment, and divided the country into four divisions. tax. The Ji clan led the right army, and the Meng clan and the uncles each led half the army. In fact, like the situation in Jin, they all used private clan soldiers to make up the number.

San Huan listened to what Confucius said. The northern border and Xibi have always been the main targets of Qi people's attacks in previous years, but they were selfish and they were not willing to assign manpower to Xibi to defend, because the doctors there were relatively independent. , There are few Sanhuan territories.

Mengsun Heji remembered what his retainer, Lianyang had told him, and he was the first to shirk: "Guancheng is broken at the beginning, and there may be remnants of Yanghu's remnants in the surrounding area. Yunyi is guarding the northern border of the state of Lu. If it is broken, the people of Qi will be able to follow. From the southern foot of Mount Tai to the city of Lu, we must not be unprepared, so the half-army of the Meng clan had to meet them in the area of ​​Yunyi and Guancheng."

Ji Sunsi was hinted by Shaozhengmao with a wink, but he did not lose the wind: "Yu is the ruler of Lu, and he must sit in the capital to see the overall situation, so Ji's half army must be stationed in Lu City for emergency use. As for the other half army , has always been recruited from Feiyi, but now the Gongshan clan does not listen to the dispatch, and there is nothing I can do."

He sighed, and the Marquis of Lu had no choice but to look at Shusun Zhouqiu.

"Big Sima?"

Shusun Zhouqiu, as the weakest family in Sanhuan, naturally did not want to let the soldiers of the Shusun clan, who had managed to recover a little bit of vitality, go to waste it with the Qi people. So, following Ji Sunsi's words, he took the initiative to invite Ying to take half of the army to monitor Feiyi, lest "Gongshan Buju and Yanghu should cooperate with each other".

As a result, because of the geographical location of Yunyi, the Meng clan was unable to escape from the temple, and had to undertake half of the defense in the north, while the other half was placed on the shoulders of Sima Zilu in Yangguan.

While Confucius was worried about his disciples, he was also worried about Xibi. He had a good relationship with Zhao Wuxi, as well as several doctors in Wenshang, and Zhongduyi, who used to work there, was also there.

"Where's Xibi? Xibi Shuyi was the main attack direction of the Qi people in previous years, what should we do?" In the past few days, Lu Hou has been so worried that a few hairs have turned white, and now his voice is exhausted.

Shusun Zhouqiu probably felt that his reason was the most unreasonable, so he patted his thigh and added: "Your Majesty forgot, isn't there a Zhao Xiaosikou in Xibi?"

Confucius reminded him: "Da Sima, you must have forgotten that just now Jun Caijun has shown Zhao Xiaosikou's letter of request for help, saying that Weiguo and Dayezawa robbers seem to have changed. Hope to send troops to help.”

The doctor Shaozhengmao smiled and said: "That's absurd, Xiao Sikou is too modest. The Zhao clan's military **** is a rare and powerful army in the state of Lu. It is natural for him to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending against the Qi people."

Ji Sunsi and Mengsun Heji glanced at each other, and then looked away. Now Ji, Meng and Zhao Wuxi are all in a relationship of precaution and tolerance. Among them, Ji Shi was stabbed by Meng Shi for taking advantage of Confucius's great ceremony last time, and his prestige was greatly damaged, so he mostly asked Zhao Wuxi for help, but he couldn't help but secretly attack. The Meng family was openly hostile because Gong Lianyang was evil to Zhao Wuxi.

How could they not know what Shusun Zhouqiu thought of? The xenophobic Sanhuan has always rejected Zhao Wuxi, a Jin person, and usually only wants Zhao Wuxi to perform his duty to suppress the thieves, but does not give more rights.

Now that the national disaster is on the horizon, they have made it clear that they do not want to make any promises to Zhao Wuxi. When the Qi army attacked Xibi, in order to defend the territory, Zhao Xiaosikou will naturally send troops, and then verbally appease it afterward. Who made him not think about today's critical situation when he captured Zhencheng and Linqiu!

They suddenly forgot that last year when the State of Lu was besieged by the State of Qi in Yuncheng, it was Zhao Wuxi who seized the land of Zhen and led Zhao Yang to attack Qilinqiu, which accelerated the end of the war.

Confucius came to the capital for more than half a year and also understood that there was nothing to do in the court of Lu, and when something happened, he couldn’t find a few people who dared to take responsibility. pot.

Although his status has risen and he can participate in political affairs, he can be a small Zongbo, and his full-time role is to participate in ritual sacrifices, and to regulate whether there is any misdemeanor in the courtroom.

"Sure enough, all those who are in power are fighting for shame!" He, who believed in the way of the mean, rarely had a trace of anger.

Facing San Huan and the doctors who were still arguing, Confucius felt a little tired for a while, and he began to miss the time when Zhongdu worked together with the disciples...

Afterwards, he complained to his old friend Liu Xiaji: "If Zhongyou, Ran Qiu, Fan Xu, Gongliangru, all of my disciples who know the strength of the army are here, and Qiu Zike asks to lead the army to the west to defend the enemy, why should I listen to this generation? Dispute! I just hope that Zhao Xiaosikou can get through this crisis."

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Up to now~www.readwn.com~ The situation in Lucheng is as expected by Zhao Wuxi. Sanhuan bowed his head in the face of the matter, and quarreled over how to allocate the defense zone. The safety of Xibi was ignored except for Confucius and a few others who were unable to talk about the military affairs.

The rest of the city officials and slaughtermen also learned of Qi's actions one after another, and emergency letters flew into Lu City like snowflakes, but what they got was some empty words that were useless.

As a result, some letters for help began to float towards Linqiu.

This is right in the middle of the heart, and he changed his anxious appearance when he "asked for help" from Lucheng, and wrote righteously and sternly in his reply to Dr. Qin Yi:

"Nowadays, the government of Lu has gone out a lot, and the people who are in power have abandoned Xilu like a mustard, and the ignorant doctor is frightened. I am a small secretary, and I have the power to say 'little teacher, slaughter', which means that in case of military affairs, I have to personally supervise So I have the responsibility of coordinating and supervising the army in Xibi’s defense against the Qi army. Naturally, I will not sit and watch the Qi people attack Qinyi. I hope the doctor can inform our neighbors. Mutual protection, mainly without shirts, and joint defense!" (To be continued.)

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